House rejects payroll tax cut compromise

Obama continues to urge House vote on Senate's payroll tax cut bill; Boehner asks president to call Senate back to make a deal

• Dec 20, 2011

Influential Iowa evangelical backs Santorum

Bob Vander Plaats backs Rick Santorum after signalling support for Newt Gingrich; Family Leader stays neutral

• Dec 20, 2011

"Baloney?" Gingrich floats illegal PAC collusion

Pro-Newt Gingrich super PAC hires former Gingrich staffer after Gingrich suggests similar situations show candidates illegally control their PACs

• Dec 20, 2011

Mitt Romney: Super PACs are a "disaster"

Republican presidential hopeful says campaign finance laws making "mockery" of political system, defends time in private sector

• Dec 20, 2011

Boehner and House GOP to block Senate tax plan

House speaker plans to call for formal conference to work out a new compromise on payroll tax extension

• Dec 20, 2011

"Lie of the year": Dem take on GOP Medicare vote

Pulitzer Prize-winning website: 2011 political "lie of the year" is Democrats' claim that "Republicans voted to end Medicare"

• Dec 20, 2011

Clinton says Gingrich budget claims exaggerated

The former president said the former speaker was "not really" responsible for balanced budget in the 1990s

• Dec 20, 2011

Bachmann, Perry vie to be surprise Iowa finisher

Minnesota congresswoman and Texas governor are crisscrossing Hawkeye State at breakneck pace in hopes of securing a top-three finish

• Dec 20, 2011

Gingrich: I personally made just $35K from Freddie

The Republican candidate tries to explain that he didn't personally make $1.6 million from the mortgage giant

• Dec 20, 2011

Romney does Letterman's Top 10 list

Republican presidential candidate takes a self-deprecating turn on CBS' "Late Show with David Letterman"

• Dec 20, 2011

Romney tries out new media openness strategy

Romney hits the airwaves more often now, attacking rivals and answering questions, attempting to gain ground on Gingrich

• Dec 19, 2011

Showdown looms over payroll tax cut extension

House Republicans threaten to vote down Senate-passed payroll tax cut bill; Democrats say negotiations are closed

• Dec 19, 2011

Perry: Obama's policies are 'destructive'

Texas gov. drops attacks on GOP rivals and zeroes in on the president with a popular conservative angle

• Dec 19, 2011

WH calls for stable transition in North Korea

Obama administration in "wait and see" mode as North Korea sorts out death of Kim Jong II

• Dec 19, 2011

White House: Payroll tax fight "kabuki theater"

Obama spokesman Jay Carney lambastes House Republicans for "intransigence" on payroll tax cut vote, urges them to break ranks and support it

• Dec 19, 2011

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